The Ford 427 SOHC arrived as a weapon, not a commuter engine, built to win races and unsettle rivals who thought they had big-block dominance locked up. It shared displacement with other FE V8s, but ...

These big block Blue Oval engines defined an era of American muscle with huge horsepower and performance that dominated drag ...

For engine enthusiasts and muscle car fans, the 1960s were a seriously exciting time. Engines were getting larger, outputs were soaring, and the rivalries within motorsport were heating up at a wild ...

Grant, via CarCraft.com:I recall an early 2000s program warning me of excessive piston speed in my 427 Ford FE, which has nearly the same stroke as a Chevy 396/427. Nowadays, stroker kits are almost ...